Standard or Scientific Form

Scientific notation is a way to write really big or really small numbers without using a lot of ​ (a)   . It makes these numbers easier to read and work with.​

• zeros
• heroes
• noughts
• crosses

If a number is displayed as 53000, what would it be in scientific form?

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Convert to an ordinary number

• 29342.9

• 0.293429

• 29.3429

• 293429

Figure out how many places you need to move the decimal point to get from the original number to the main number. This count becomes the (a)   .

Which number is the smallest?

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• 0.01

• 0.002

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